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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Bob Probert's Condition Explained

Former NHL star Bob Probert died in June, and researchers have just determined that he suffered from a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Probert, who was 45 when he died of heart failure, left his brain to science because he believed the head trauma he experienced on the ice had caused...

NHL's Top 50: Malkin vs. Ovechkin

(Getty Images) FanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Washington's Alexander Ovechkin are his top two. See who he has as his No. 1 player. The NHL's Top 50 Players: See the Entire List For the past four years, the NHL has been trying to artificially create some...

NHL's Top 50: Pavel Datsyuk (No. 4)

FanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL. No. 4 is Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk. The Detroit player development system strikes again. When discussing the best players in the league the names Ovechkin, Crosby and Malkin are usually the ones that get mentioned. I consider Detroit's Pavel...

NHL's Top 50: Jarome Iginla (No. 5)

FanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL. No. 5 is Calgary Flames forward Jarome Iginla. After selecting Jarome Iginla with the 11th overall pick in the 1995 Entry Draft, the Dallas Stars sent him to Calgary in December, 1995, in a deal that brought holdout Joe Nieuwendyk to Texas. In the long...

NHL's Top 50: Nicklas Lidstrom (No. 7)

FanHouse's Adam Gretz takes a look at his top 50 players in the NHL. No. 7 is Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom.At 39, I still have Lidstrom as the best defenseman in the NHL, and in my opinion, the debate shouldn't be where does he rank among the current defensemen, but where does he rank all-time? Everybody...